Gisborne HeraldRescue chopper to play important part in Anzac Day Dawn ServiceThe flyover by the Trust Tairawhiti Rescue helicopter at tomorrow’s Anzac Day Dawn Service will have extra significance, with a former Defence Force member in the crew. The on-board team will include crewman Kelley Waite, who served in the Royal...24 Apr 01:07 PM
Gisborne HeraldFrom Tikitiki to Gallipoli: Tiahuia in NZDF party for Anzac servicesTiahuia Turei (Ngāti Porou) might normally spend Anzac Day at the remote Tikitiki Returned and Services Association on the East Coast. However, this year the 23-year-old Royal New Zealand Navy Able Writer has travelled to Gallipoli in Türkiye as...24 Apr 01:01 PM
Gisborne HeraldSpecial ceremony at Gallipoli to honour Maori contingentVeterans Minister Meka Whaitiri says Gallipoli holds a special place in the hearts of many New Zealanders. The Ikraoa-Rawhiti MP was acknowledging the presence of Defence Minister Andrew Little at Gallipoli yesterday for a special ceremony of...24 Apr 12:57 PM
Gisborne HeraldJuliana discharged, doing well and in little painThe young Christchurch girl seriously injured when a log rolled on top of her at the Gisborne beachfront nearly 10 days ago has been discharged from Christchurch Hospital. Juliana Marston, 10, suffered pelvic injuries in the incident. Father Clint...24 Apr 12:55 PM
Gisborne HeraldUpdate on work at Hikuwai No.1 bridge site on SH35Work on the temporary Bailey bridge being erected at the Hikuwai No. 1 bridge site on State Highway 35 has been progressing well, according to Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency. “Getting the crane to the site is the first major milestone to instal an...24 Apr 12:45 PM
PremiumPremiumGisborne HeraldKitchen fires and potential arsonA pot of oil on a stove that overheated set fire to the kitchen and dining room of a house in Gladstone Road on Friday night. Fire and Emergency NZ sent two appliances to the home near the Wellington Street corner at around 9pm that evening. “The...24 Apr 12:44 PM
PremiumPremiumGisborne HeraldThree injured in weekend crashesThree males were taken to Gisborne Hospital after separate road crashes in the district at the weekend — one at Nuhaka, another in Tucker Road at Makauri and the third near Tolaga Bay. The Makauri crash happened just before 7am yesterday. “It...24 Apr 12:23 PM
Gisborne Herald$250,000 grant to help ensure continuance of sport in TairāwhitiA $250,000 initiative has been launched by Sport Gisborne Tairāwhiti and the New Zealand Community Trust (NZCT) to ensure Tairāwhiti players can save money while keeping active and connected with their sport. “Te Tairāwhiti has been hit hard by...24 Apr 12:14 PM
Gisborne HeraldArboretum impresses visiting National MPA member of the public reminded National MP Scott Simpson that he had not mentioned water reforms, during a meeting in Gisborne billed as discussing those reforms. In his nearly hour-long address to a small audience at Forces Café, Mr Simpson, the...24 Apr 11:13 AM
Gisborne HeraldWater reform cost savings formula clarifiedFurther clarification around the Government’s proposed changes to its Three Waters reforms details how it estimated the region’s savings, and confirms that while the Gisborne District Council will own its water assets, it will not be able to...24 Apr 11:12 AM
OpinionWhere to from here?by Dot McCulloch During the time of no power and no internet, there was not much choice but to read, sleep or think. It was too wet outside, so thinking is what I did and came up with this . . . I would like to congratulate us all for coming through...22 Apr 02:25 PM
Gisborne HeraldBig Check-in is coming upREGISTRATIONS are being taken for The Big Check-in online exercise run by Beef + Lamb New Zealand on May 4, billed as the “biggest online rural check-in”. The free, online, 90-minute interactive evening gives farmers the opportunity to reconnect...22 Apr 01:33 PM
PremiumPremiumGisborne HeraldQuality of stores lifts at MatawheroThe quality of the 2226 store lambs was better this week at the Matawhero sheep sale. Farmers on the Poverty Bay flats are well stocked and buyer demand is steady, in spite of a rising meat schedule. The average price paid rose $18 to $123. The...22 Apr 01:29 PM
OpinionOn boys being malignedPatrick Cooper’s letter “Any wonder some young white males rebel?” cannot be dismissed as “a fat load of delusional fear-based crap” as one commenter would have us believe. It seems to me that there is confusion between what boys and young...22 Apr 12:47 PM
OpinionFoon family tradition of hedging betsTake the sacred korowai off, it’s not yours. Make your dodgy moves within the political arena and donations without denegrating taonga Maori. All in, or all out, not a $1 each way. We are surrounded by kupapa tikanga i Te Hurunga o Te Ra. All the...22 Apr 12:46 PM
OpinionFog needed for electionThe new Police Minister just added $9 million of taxpayers’ money to the “Retail Crime Prevention Fund” for fog cannons, knowing six months out from the election — and a $20 billion blowout of Labour’s second term — that fog will be the...22 Apr 12:45 PM
OpinionFrom Uncle Craig’s rocking chair . . .by Craig Bauld So, have we reached the stage yet where we can discuss Covid like grown-up people? Can we consider the official figures? According to MoH statistics, 90.2 percent of NZers got vaxxed, 9.8 percent didn’t. Call it 90 percent/10...22 Apr 12:42 PM
PremiumPremiumOpinionFacts have changed, balderdash hasn’tConcerns over Covid-19 have dialled back considerably as the pandemic has changed to something more like what many who opposed vaccination and mandates were claiming back when it was a much more serious threat to public health. They might like to...22 Apr 12:40 PM
Gisborne HeraldNo weak links makes Wolves a winnerREVIEW: THE WOLVES Unity Theatre’s production of The Wolves, which opened last night, is pacy, humorous and action-packed with never a dull moment. Set at an indoor soccer field somewhere in Middle America, each scene is a Saturday practice where...22 Apr 12:33 PM
Gisborne HeraldRelocating Te Karaka needs 50 percent support: Te AhoCommunity to consider moving town to higher ground Plans to relocate one of Te Karaka’s cyclone-affected marae to higher ground could herald the way for the entire township to move with the addition of a purpose-built emergency evacuation centre...22 Apr 11:59 AM
Gisborne HeraldMonday off for GDC staff a thank you for ‘extra hours’Questions have been asked about why Gisborne District Council has decided to turn this weekend into an extra long one for council staff. The council offices in Fitzherbert Street and Te Puia Springs will remain closed until next Wednesday, with all...22 Apr 11:49 AM
Gisborne HeraldWord on the streetShould the council and/or the forestry companies be required to remove the heavier, dangerous pieces of wood debris from the beach now?22 Apr 11:44 AM
PremiumPremiumGisborne HeraldCourt appearance after Posie Parker protestA Gisborne man accused of punching an older woman in the head during the heated Posie Parker protest in Auckland late last month appeared in court for the first time on Thursday, waving briefly to the magistrate before nervously folding his hands in...22 Apr 11:40 AM
Gisborne HeraldPotential conflicts in commissioner's donations to local MPCommissioner Foon ‘comfortable’ with donations to Labour MP Allan Race Relations Commissioner Meng Foon is in the gun after revelations he gave significant financial support to Labour MP Kiri Allan in the lead-up to the 2020 election. Ms Allan...22 Apr 11:35 AM
Gisborne Herald‘In a distant land they lie’Memorial cards honour WW1 soldiers killed far from home Sacred family heirlooms. That is how Colin Seymour feels about the photographs and postcard-type publications honouring his World War 1 serving relatives who lie “in a distant land”. One...22 Apr 11:26 AM
Gisborne HeraldRelay your Way raised $56k for cancer societyThe amended version of Relay for Life 2023 proved a success despite being disrupted by flooding and Covid issues of the recent past. The revamped Relay Your Way raised $55,995 for Gisborne-East Coast Cancer Society, according to the Gisborne section...22 Apr 11:24 AM
Gisborne HeraldBig culvert job nears completionThe $200,000 project (above) to upgrade the Lytton Road culvert through which the Matokitoki Stream runs at Lytton West is nearing completion. Following Cyclone Gabrielle and the rain event at the end of February (right), extensive repairs were...22 Apr 11:20 AM
Gisborne HeraldLarge smoke plume from a 'controlled burn-off'A large and dense smoke plume visible to the northwest of the city yesterday afternoon was from a controlled burnoff. Fire and Emergency NZ said it caused no problems. “We had no calls about it,” a senior Gisborne firefighter said. No further...22 Apr 11:19 AM
Gisborne HeraldCrime spike over the week following cycloneDaily 111 calls to police doubled in week following Gabrielle Crime levels in the region increased significantly after Cyclone Gabrielle but had returned to normal levels within a week, police statistics show. In the wake of the storm, police...22 Apr 11:18 AM
Gisborne HeraldWairoa-Napier open by the end of MayHARD work by contractors has seen the two piers that will support the Bailey bridge at Waikare Gorge on State Highway 2 between Wairoa and Napier now completed. However, it has not been enough to offset a delay to the timeline for opening the...21 Apr 04:10 PM
OpinionDumping in waterways costs us all and our environmentOn a walk yesterday I crossed the Stanley Road footbridge and saw two supermarket trolleys in the river. I then crossed the Grundy Street footbridge and saw two more supermarket trolleys, a bicycle and a hospital-quality wheelchair in the stream...21 Apr 01:51 PM
OpinionRehire mandated nurses to help desperate health sectorThe underlying tone of Dr Aitchison’s comments in the recent article about Three Rivers Medical being forced to reduce its hours of operation is to my mind, while giving a professional approach to our healthcare problems, almost desperate — and...21 Apr 01:50 PM
OpinionRebuilding the dam of trust in NZby Jason Heale, Maxim Institute communications manager The 1955 film “The Dam Busters” tells the story of Operation Chastise and the RAF’s plan to destroy Nazi dams with bouncing bombs. In the film’s climactic scenes, bombs go skimming...21 Apr 01:45 PM
PremiumPremiumOpinionInquiry into protest actions finds officers were let down by top brassThe Independent Police Conduct Authority has given the officers involved in the riot that ended the 23-day occupation of Parliament a year ago a general clearance. However, police hierarchy has come in for some strong criticism with claims their...21 Apr 01:39 PM
